[LS]

Do you remember Howard Ruff and "Ruff Times?" My stepfather swore by him in the late 1970s and early 1980s, always preaching "gold, gold, gold." Fortunately, my stepfather did not invest heavily in gold or metals, but what he did invest stayed almost entirely flat for 20+ years. Meanwhile, ol' Howie got rich off his newsletter.

[rohry]

"Do you remember Howard Ruff and "Ruff Times?'"

It seems that you subscribe to the "How To Borrow Your Way To a Great Fortune" crowd...

We'll not worry about increasing debt or trade deficits. These are irrelevant in your world

[arete]

Meanwhile, ol' Howie got rich off his newsletter.

There sure is a ton of bad financial advise for sale out there. How else can you explain all the "buy and hold" pundits or Abby Cohen (and I won't even go into ML or SSB)?

Richard W.

[STONEWALLS]

....."Ruff Times" was a frequent winner on Wall Street Week's annual worst-performing-newsletter-of-the-year review...Rukeyser would make a little pun [as only he can] to the effect that readers who had followed "Ruff Times" advice had experianced some "rough times" alright!

Good luck to everybody!

Stonewalls